mearachd

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂mert- (“miss, fail”) (whence Ancient Greek ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō, “to miss the mark”)).[1] Also compare brath (“treason, betrayal”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾəxk/

Noun

mearachd f (genitive singular mearachd, plural mearachdan)

  1. mistake, error

Synonyms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
mearachdmhearachd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “mearachd”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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